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Police officers conducting raids on a car wash business in Cambridgeshire where employees were found to be working long hours for less than the minimum wage and living in very poor conditions. A number of people, all from Eastern Europe, were taken into voluntary protective custody in the form of the National Referral Mechanism - a Governmental framework for identifying victims of human trafficking and ensuring they receive the appropriate protection and support.
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A pig-sty in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire which was formally occupied by migrant workers
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Newly arrived migrant workers from Lithuania looking at adverts for accomodation in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
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Migrants in Wisbech Cambridgeshire.
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A makeshift table with a mirror and hairbrush in an abandoned pig-sty in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire which was occupied by two Lithuanian women who were subsisting on dog food.
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Migrant workers harvesting cabbages near Boston, Lincolnshire during a rainstorm.
Human Trafficking Raids
Police officers and representitives from the HMRC conducting raids on local car wash business where employees were found to be working ten hours a day for half the minimum wage and living in 'Dickensian' conditions. Five men and one woman, all of Romanian origin, were taken into voluntary protective custody in the form of the National Referral Mechanism - a Governmental framework for identifying victims of human trafficking and ensuring they receive the appropriate protection and support.
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Migrant workers harvesting cabbages near Boston, Lincolnshire during a rainstorm.
Image by Si Barber
©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Workers from Eastern Europe shopping in Boston.